Differences in the timing and extent of annual moult of black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophris living in contrasting environments

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 837-842

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b   Poisbleau, Maud ^c   Lecoq, Miguel ^a,b   Phillips, Richard A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; Feathers; Moult breeding overlap; South Georgia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEATHER; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MOLT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE-OFF;

ANTARCTICA; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 84877611234     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1309-5     Document Type: Article

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